Churn-power



(No Model.)

Pateiited May 9, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEFFERSON WILSON, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHURN- POWER.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,797, dated May 9,18 82.

Application filed December 3L, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Betit known that I, JEFFERSON WILsoN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Beaver'F-alls, Beaver county, Pennsylvania,

have invented certain Improvements in Churn- Powers, of which thefollowingv is a specification.

My invention is an animal-power, fully described hereinafter, which isof. simple con-- plan of one of the links. Fig. 6is an enlargedsectional view of the dash-rod and clamp.

The frame W of the apparatus consists of suitable posts and cross-bars.

The web-supporting frame A carries the wheels 0 G, and is pivoted orhung on a crossbaiyf, between bars BB ot' the frame \V. The endless webI passes around the wheels 0 (3.

To a post, E, of the frame is pivoted a lever, H, to one end of which isattached a rod,

0, connected at the opposite end to a balance-- wheel, J, secured to theshafts of the wheels 0 C, and to the other end ofsaid lever H is pivoteda clamp, P, for making detachable and adjustable connection with thedash-rod of the churn, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the side pieces of the web-frame A, near the outer ends, arelongitudinal slots c, in which slides a cross-bar, g, and the projectingends of the latter bear in notches a in the posts F. E of the frame 7,or in plates attached thereto, for the purpose of supporting theweb-frame at different inclined positions to which it may be adjusted,Fig. 1. p

The wheels (3 U have peripheral lugs 0 c,

which fit between the slats Y composing the web and insure therevolution of the wheels with the web. Flanges s on the sides of thewheels prevent the web from being displaced. Each web-link consists ofone piece of metal comprising a stem, a, with ahead, b, atone end andenlarged at the other to form a loop,

0, and has sockets e ,6, adapted to receive the head of the next loop,which will be retained therein, as shown in Fig. 4, thus pivoting the,

links, with their slats Y, together. By applying the slats Y to thelinks and securing them by screws passed through perforated lugss of thelinks the cross-heads are retained in their sockets without interferingwith their swing ing motion, thus permitting the web'to bend end of theframe, so that it can be turned down that the head-board niay be securedin either position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The bar or pivotfot' the web'frame may be movably connected to thesupporting-frame to admit of the longitudinal adjustment of saidWeb-frame. Thus the bars may rest in bearings o, movable on the bars EE.

Connection having been made between the dash-rod of the churn and thelever H by means of the clamp P, and between the flywheel J and lever Hby means of the rod 0, and the frame A being adjusted at the properangle, the animal is placed upon the web, and by putting the same inmotion causes the drums O (J to revolve, thus actuating the lever H andthe churn-shaft.

When the machine is not in operation the bar 9 of the frame A may beremoved from its hearings in the posts E, and the frame, its web, anddrums, with the lever H, may be turned to the positions 'shown in Fig. 2and there maintained by merely sliding the bar 9 along the slot euntilit has reached a position where it can restin notches g of the barsM of the supporting-frame.

As the frame A is pivoted between its ends,

one end will be carried inward as the other is .turned up, so as tobring the entire frame and its drums nearly within the limits of thesupporting-frame, thereby reducing the apparatus to a compact form forstowage.

' If desired, the apparatus may be mounted upon rollers or other devicesto facilitate its movement from place to place.

It will be apparent that other means than those describedmay be used forsecuring the frame at any desired angle.

I may drive a rotary churn by a belt passing round the fly-wheel andround a pulley on the churn-shaft, or otherwise.

I claim-- 1. The combination, in an animal=power, of thesupporting-frame W, the web-frame A, pivoted Within said frame W,between its ends, so that it may be turned within the frame to avertical position, and provided with a device, substantially asdescribed, for securing it in any position to which it may be adjusted,subsfantially as set forth.

2.- The combination, in an animal-power, of the supporting-frame W, itsnotches y and u, and the pivoted web-frame A, provided with the slidingbar'g, substantially as set forth.

3. The web-link provided with a cross-head at one end and with socketsatthe opposite end, adapted to the cross-head of the adjacent link, allcast in one piece, substantially as set forth. 4. The combination of thelinks, their crossheads and sockets, each cast in one piece, as setforth, and slats Y, retaining the cross-heads in the sockets,substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the operating-lever H, of the pivoted clampprovided with a cam-lever, Q, grooved and spurred, substantially asdescribed, for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, with the supportingframe of the apparatus, of ahinged head- JEFFERSON WILSON.

Witnesses:

W. G. PANGBURN, H. BROWN.

